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Samantha Atkinson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 34,894 PointsLanding Page
Sorry this might be a bit of a stupid question.....BUT, what is a landing page exactly? What is the use of them?
1 Answer

Josh Keenan
19,437 PointsA landing page is the page that the user 'lands' on when they open your site. If you are using a big site that uses a login system, you want your subscribed users to land on one page whereas those who haven't subscribed should land on another. Does that make sense?
Samantha Atkinson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 34,894 PointsSamantha Atkinson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 34,894 PointsYes, thank you, that does make sense. So would that require javaScript to manage who gets which landing page?
Josh Keenan
19,437 PointsJosh Keenan
19,437 PointsIn certain instances you would need something like JS or PHP to manage this, but in the course you are doing not necessarily, it can simply mean the page every user lands on if you don't want it to be the index page, for example you want them to land on an ad page or something.